In 2016 women-only swimming sessions targeting Muslims made the headlines in the
Danish media, precipitating great discussion about whether such sessions contributed to or …

The female Muslim body has come under close political and public scrutiny in many Western
societies. Within sport, too, Muslim women's dress and practices have become topics of …

This article scrutinises the highly contested, yet largely unexplored space of gender-
segregated swimming that caters for Muslim women. Combining participant observation of …

This paper draws on longitudinal ethnographic research conducted between 1981 and 1992
with white working class women (published as Formations of Class and Gender, Skeggs …

While it is well documented that sports events can reinforce nationalism, less attention has
been given to how borders are drawn to mark off groups whose national identity is …

This paper draws from the findings of research that was initiated as a consequence of
previous research activities related to University-LGBT community physical activity projects …

This paper explores women's experiences of accessing serious leisure. It responds to a
perceived tendency in contemporary feminist theories of leisure to celebrate women's ability …

References made to a contemporary theoretical 'crisis' in leisure studies discourse have
been made by a number of scholars in the field (Scraton, 1994; Coalter, 1997; Mommaas …

This paper draws from a research project that was initiated in 2017 and continued in to
2020. It followed on from previous University-LGBT+ community projects (eg, football versus …

In this paper I focus on Pride Scotland in order to examine the construction and performance
of lesbian tourism geographies. Queer theories are used to argue that tourism spaces of …